Middle English Dictionary Entry
cristal adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | cristal adj. |
| Etymology | From noun. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1a.
Made of crystal.
Associated quotations
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)74 : Dubbed wern alle þo downez sydez Wyth crystal klyffez so cler of kynde.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)159 : I seȝ..A crystal clyffe.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.2550 : Pallas I be-helde, With hir spere and hir cristal schelde.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.Miseric.(Hrl 2255)181 : Wives..Synge Osanna in the heuenly cristal toures.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)30b : Cristall: Cristallus.
1b.
~ ston: (a) crystal; (b) a piece or sheet of crystal; (c) a case or box made of crystal.
Associated quotations
a
- c1390 Mayden Modur (Vrn)112 : Heil clerore þen þe Cristalston.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)105a/b : The secounde..hatte celium aqueum oþir cristallinum as it were of kynde of matiere oþir of cristall stone.
- c1350 St.Greg.(Cleo D.9)168/1094 : An aungel cam from heuene adoune, Briȝt and clere so cristal stone.
- a1425 Gower CA (Bod 902)4.1322 : The beaute of hire face schon Wel bryhtere þan þe Cristall ston.
- ?1435(1432) Lydg.Hen.VI Entry (Jul B.2)309 : As cristall stoon, The water ranne.
- a1500 Of spayn (Corp-O 226)14 : Mak of hem water clere rennyng As cristalstone.
b
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.235 : Bot som oþer seiþ þat þat wyndowe was an hool [vr. al hool of] cristal stoon.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)321b/b : Þing þat is y-harded by colde rotieþ slowliche, as it fareþ in yse and in Cristal stones.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)1576 : Thanne taketh the cristall stoon, y-wis, Agayn the sonne an hundrid hewis.
c
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.347 : Thanne shewe I forth my longe cristal stones ycrammed ful of cloutes and of bones.
- (1454-5) Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15149 : Item, coope of grene (with a crystal stone hangyng behynd) by a sylke threde tavseled.
- (?c1475) Instrum.Pax in Antiq.33212 : Certeyne relyks in j pax-brede of tre, the ton syde with a plate of syluer ouer-gylded, with a crystalle stone in the myddis and sertayn relekes ther in.
2.
(a) Bright as crystal, clear, shining; (b) cook. covered with a shiny film, glazed.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.2456 : I me laide doun..Vp-on a brink..Be-syde a riuer and a cristal welle.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.6382 : Men may seen þe cristal teris.
- ?1435(1432) Lydg.Hen.VI Entry (Jul B.2)337 : Grace with hire likour, cristall [vr. cristallyne] and pure, Defferrith vengaunce.
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)3842 : The excellent beaute..dooth appere Among the cristal stremys clere.
b
- ?a1475 Noble Bk.Cook.(Hlk 674)42 : To mak cristalle gilly, tak whyt wyne that will hold hir colour and boil the fishe ther in.